Apparatus for drying enameled ware.



BEST AVA'lLABLE GO No. 771.507. PAIENTED 0013.4, 1904.

A T.L.STRONG. APPARATUS FOR DRYING BNAMBLBD WARE.

APPLIGATION FILED DEG. 4, 1903.

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To all whom it meg IWILLJQIIIL resident of Bellaire, inthfl county ofjfi lmo andState' of Ohio, .lmve'inventeee new;

BEST AVAlLABLE COP Patented October 4. 904.

P TE T OFFICE;

Tl-IOMAS L. s'rnoue, OF BELLAIRE,'-'OH10, ASSIGNOR TO THE STRONG ENAMEL it: STAMPING (30., .OF OF OHM),

'-BELLAIRE, OH1('), A CORPORATION ,APPABATU.,S,'FQR- mivme z-eumu zuezo- WARE.

Enameled Vare;-' md I110: here-lemme the following to be a full, cl LI'gQBdd Y W tioriftliereof. i v 3 My invention relates to Bpnflratus for the dryingofenamel-wnre.

in pplication of ev-endat'e h w as rialN'o; 183,743, I have forth andclaimed a process for'drying enamelwere consisti in the extracting and collcting f' the waste- --anhydrous heat from theliht were wi h en i irom the furnace and eonveyingeaid-heatto' the drying-room, where it v lpQl 5 ends ny invention comprises "the novel fen-1 were contained therein.

'lhe object of the present'inventio ii't'gl pro-J. video simple form of apparntusiorf il'j'yl okt'the n'bove-described method; AndKO thQ -'tureshereinefter set forthnand claimed.

To enable others'skille'd in the art'to-meke and use nay-invention, Iwilldeseribe the same morie' hilly, referringto the accompanying "drawings; in which- Figure '1; is u'perspective -view of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the truck-for con-veyingthe Y in the drawings- "the" numcruls2,'3, and; designutefurnnces'arranged side' byside at suitable distances apart, and while I have only illustrated three such 'furnucesit is apparent thut'any number may be em'ployed,-according to the capacity of the plant. 'lhesefurnuces v are provided with the doors 5',which are adepted to be raised and loweretksaid doors being connected by the chains 6 to the toothed quadrant 7 on one end of theequ'alizing-hnr 8, sup- '--p'o'rted upon. the upright 9. -A;second toothed quadrant'lO is secured to the her 8', and connected thereto is the chain 11, connected to the weight 12. Connected to the outer end of the her- 8 is the operating-cable 13. The door is thus raised by drawing down on the mtg nositiontagain by'itspwnweight countern x aian'iiedby-the'weight 12. 5. 53

lg fipntbf ea ch' furuuce is the'stan'd l4 11 uwhich-reetsthe-burning-fork 15. fThese i jhurnipgrforks support thewm'eandby'means lot which =it-ia-introduedand drawn from the fi'irnace- AB :thes' burning-forks are of the 'ordinery construction; it is not deemed necessary-to-.-i,llustrate the; seine 'inrdetail,"

j Supp rted. above esiehi furnace- ;is the-hood 16,;1said-hoodbeing -'connected' by the elbow-" :fiipe 17ft? thehorizpntelf-pipe'lfl. -*A fan 19 of:- eny-su-itiible" copstructioniis connected to "the, pipe-18;:whilthe pipe 2Q is-connected to the fan 19$ said pipe 20 leeiiiiigto thedrying "room21; Aznumberof: 1hraneh -pi-pesi22 are con n'ected-to thf pipe'l'fld, said ybran'eln pipes -extendingdow'n'iuto the drying-roomundheiiig providediiwith the v. apertures 23, through which 'heatecapes'fintothe (hi ing room. 'These; pipes: ;22- may-be provided with :the damper-$222. 4

tionof 'lfiie'lfan Iii-draws the escaping heat from thefurnace,'as well as the heat from the hot were which. has been withdrawn from the furnace zind rests upon the stand 14. In thisway the heat is'extructed or-collected and drawn up into the pipe '18, whence it is co nvcyed to the -pipe 20. 'Thisheut is an anhy- 'drous heat, and consequently when itescapes I- through the apertures 23 in the branch pipes fork and the warecmaried thereby the sue-1v ins-ream After-diaper; I,

dried thesamerach is conveyed "to the far mace and the ivare transferred from-tlieracl to the burning-fork. 'BytliefuseIofi such a 22 it furnishes to the drying-room a very dry heat, wh ch takes up quickly the hydrogen of the wet were and I'greatly expedites the dryingoperationr When the furnace" 2- is" 5 harged again and the door closed, the fur nace 3 is opened and the hot air withdrawn,

and the heatrof same is drawn up into the pi e 18 and carried to, thedrying-room,

y workln the furnaces 'ineuccession in the manner escribed'a constant supply of" anhydrous heat is. conveyed to the dryingchambenso that said drying-chambcr is main- :tained at a roper, temperature, while by my invention tie waste heat is hcing extra'cted 5 from the hot, ware for use in drying. At the same time the sueti'o'nof thefan tendsto cool.

the hot ware more rapggly, .and thetime required for the cooling the were is thereby reduced. 1 Y

extra handling of' the waters avoided, for the racks may be filled at; one Tart (if-the factory with'thedi ted-spaces .pifiathe rack is loaded may liearmer tr'a err-ed to'the lry= has Been properly -ra'clvl am enabled to dispensejwitlifthc extra 3 handling of, the ware'and thoex 'mnse invol red in the em'ploymen'tiof more hands; Eurther more, the time required in the process of manufacture is'reduced'and thefsuhscquent saving .of further expense infthisivay'. i

1. In, apparatiisfor i'd' drlving of. enamelwarei the con hlnationof a: furnace having a single doorgior the, ad n {sion and \vltlul-rawal tof. the vanc. asupport iriffi'ont of said door, 40 tmeans'. di rect collecting the heat omanatmg trounthe hot warerestu gronsaid support, and mem sffor transferringsaid hcat to't'he drying-room.

BEST AVAiLABLE cos 2. In apparatus for the drying of enamelwere, the combination of a furnace having a single door for the admission and withdrawal of the ware, a support in front of said door,

means directly above said furnacerdoor for drawing off by suction the heat emanating 'from the hot ware resting on said support,

and means for transferring said heat to the drying-room.

3. In apparatus for 'thc drying of enamelware, the combinatio'fi'of a furnace having a single door for the admission and withdrawal of theware, a support in front of said door,

.a hood supported from a point directly above said furnace door, means for creating asuction in said hood,and a pipe leading from the top of said hood for com eying the heat to the drying-chamber. v

4. In apparatus for drying enamel-ware, the combination of a furnace having a single door for the admission and ivithdrawalof-thc w'are, a support in front of said door, a hood supported from a point directly above said door,a pipe connected to theupper end of said hood, a fan connected to said pipe, and means for convey- .ing the heat to the drying-chamber.

5. ln apparatus for the dryingof enam'elwa're, the combination of a furnacehavmg a single door for the admlsslon and withdrawal .of" the ware, a support in front of said'door, a hood supported at a point directly above said door, a pipe connected to the upper end-of- .loua" R. (iow. 

